Every year, Running Strong works with the Cheyenne River Youth Project® to bring Christmas to children living in one of the poorest counties in the United States.

On the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, many families live in intense poverty and are geographically isolated on the South Dakota plains.

Each year, children at the Cheyenne River Youth Project^® write letters to Santa about what they want for Christmas. Running Strong and the Cheyenne River Youth Project^® try to get each child at least one gift from their list. For many Cheyenne River children, the Toys for Tribes toy drive is their only chance to get a gift for Christmas.

Please help us this year.

All donations go directly to the Cheyenne River Youth Project and are used by the staff to purchase toys, coats, shoes, and other items from the children's lists.

Thanks to your generosity, Cheyenne River Youth Project staff and volunteers worked a small miracle this Christmas making sure that children across the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation received presents from Santa.

This year's Toys for Tribes toy drive was a huge success, serving more than 1,200 children in 250 families. Volunteer elves in Santa's Workshop on Cheyenne River wrapped more than 5,000 presents and each child received a whopping five gifts! Thank you for helping to make Christmas more joyous for 1,200 kids on the Cheyenne River.

Wopila (thank you in Lakota) for your generosity and happy holidays!

Volunteers at the Cheyenne River Youth Project on the Cheyenne Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota

Santa brought presents to more than 1,200 children this year.

On the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, many families live in intense poverty and are geographically isolated on the South…

Volunteer elves in Santa's Workshop on Cheyenne River wrapped more than 5,000 presents and each child received a whopping five…

Santa and his elves

Each year, children at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® write letters to Santa about what they want for Christmas. Running…

Thousands of presents - wrapped and ready to be delivered

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"THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CHRISTMAS GIFTS YOU PROVIDED FOR MY SON, EVAN. WATCHING HIM SMILE AND LAUGH WHEN HE OPENED THEM WAS THE GREATEST GIFT I RECEIVED AS WELL. YOUR KINDNESS WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN."
--Cheyenne River parent on the day after Christmas